✈️ Maintenance technicians mistakenly left a turning tool — more than a meter long — inside an A380’s engine, where it stayed for nearly 300 flight hours. Read the full AeroSafety World article here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3W6Ao7v #AviationNews #AviationMaintenance #AviationSafety #FlightSafetyFoundation #AeroSafetyWorld
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𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐀320 ! Even the smallest maintenance tasks, like closing the air inlet valve, play a big role in ensuring an aircraft's safety and performance. This quick action ensures proper airflow and pressurization, showcasing the expertise of aviation professionals. Maintenance isn't just a job, it's a commitment to safety! #AircraftMaintenance #A320 #AviationSafety #AviationProfessionals #EngineeringExcellence #AviationInsights #MaintenanceMatters
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For all my fellow twin piston pilots and instructors out there the NTSB published a great Safety Alert last month about the dangers of a partial power loss scenario and how it can cause a fail to feather scenario due to the start locks engaging. As pilots I think we feel the need to troubleshoot an abnormal situation to determine the cause but we need to remember at a certain point if the engine is operating abnormally we need to break out the checklist and shut down the engine. Make sure your systems knowledge is up to date and its a good time to review what the critical RPM is on your airplane to ensure that your propeller will feather (600-800 RPM in the Beech Baron) on shutdown. The link to the article is below for those who haven’t seen it yet. Safe flying! https://lnkd.in/egEXr2iW
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Operational test of the Under carriage Airbus 320 The operational test of the Airbus A320 landing gear involves checking the functionality of the landing gear system during takeoff, flight, and landing. This includes verifying proper extension and retraction, hydraulic pressure, brake operation, and gear door functionality. Additionally, emergency extension systems are tested to ensure they work as intended. When it comes to the jacking process for the A320, it's about safely lifting the aircraft off the ground to perform maintenance tasks underneath. Specialized equipment is used to raise the plane securely, allowing technicians to access critical components like the landing gear and hydraulic systems for inspection or repairs. Both the operational test of the landing gear and the jacking process are crucial maintenance procedures to ensure the safety and airworthiness of the Airbus A320. #aircraftlandinggearoperationaltest #a320landinggear #operationaltestoflandinggear #airbus320 #airbuslovers #aircraftmaintenanceengineering #aircraftmechanic #linemaintenance
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Maintenance staff can face the risk of fatigue that can impact aircraft safety. Within Part 145 regulations, aviation organisations must manage and monitor the threat of fatigue in maintenance teams to prevent errors due to tiredness or lapses in concentration. In our latest blog, Senior Consultant John Wallace IEng MIET explores the risks of fatigue in Part 145 and highlights strategies in managing fatigue to help create a safer and more productive work environment. Read the full blog on our website: https://okt.to/kV5lMT. #AviationSafety #Maintenance #FatigueManagement #Part145 #BainesSimmons
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Operational test of the Under carriage Airbus 320 The operational test of the Airbus A320 landing gear involves checking the functionality of the landing gear system during takeoff, flight, and landing. This includes verifying proper extension and retraction, hydraulic pressure, brake operation, and gear door functionality. Additionally, emergency extension systems are tested to ensure they work as intended. When it comes to the jacking process for the A320, it's about safely lifting the aircraft off the ground to perform maintenance tasks underneath. Specialized equipment is used to raise the plane securely, allowing technicians to access critical components like the landing gear and hydraulic systems for inspection or repairs. Both the operational test of the landing gear and the jacking process are crucial maintenance procedures to ensure the safety and airworthiness of the Airbus A320. #aircraftlandinggearoperationaltest #a320landinggear #operationaltestoflandinggear #airbus320 #airbuslovers #aircraftmaintenanceengineering #aircraftmechanic #linemaintenance
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✈️ Understanding All-Engine Flameouts: A Critical Skill for Every Pilot As pilots, we train for scenarios we hope to never face, but preparation is key to safety. Airbus recently published an insightful article on engine relight procedures after an all-engine flameout, and it's a must-read for aviators at every level: https://lnkd.in/djjgKzbB Key takeaways include: 🔹 The importance of recognizing the conditions leading to flameout. 🔹 Practical steps to initiate a successful engine relight. 🔹 The critical role of CRM (Crew Resource Management) in high-pressure situations. This is not just about procedures—it’s about staying calm, managing resources, and making decisions when it matters most. As flight instructors, it’s our responsibility to emphasize such scenarios during training, preparing pilots to confidently handle even the most unexpected challenges. Let’s continue fostering a culture of preparedness and safety in aviation. 🛫 #AviationSafety #PilotTraining #FlightInstructor #SafetyFirst
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The FAA plans to review the risks of a common but rarely needed engine safety system that prompted a rare set of urgent internal recommendations calling for new procedures and design changes for the Boeing 737 MAX family. https://bit.ly/3Z3rusc
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I recently wrote about the importance of good procedures; now its time to talk about their often misunderstood and mistreated cousin, the ‘Checklist’. On the 30th October 1935, at Wright Airfield in Ohio, USA, Boeing was testing a new plane, referred to as the Model 299. The aircraft lifted off, climbed to 300 feet, then stalled and crashed, killing two of the five crew members onboard. An investigation determined that, while tending to the airplane’s multitude of switches and controls, the pilot forgot to release a new locking mechanism on the airplane’s elevator controls. Some critics were quick to declare that the Model 299 was “too complex to fly.” A group of Boeing engineers and test pilots developed a simple approach to the situation; they created the first pilot’s checklist, listing the critical action needed for taxi, takeoff and landing. They believed that this plane was not too complex to fly, but was too complicated to be left to a pilot’s memory alone. Another 12 prototypes of the Model 229 were manufactured, flying 1.8 million miles without an accident, which persuaded the US Army to put the aircraft in service, ultimately ordering almost 13,000 of them. The Model 229 was, of course, the famous B-17 Flying Fortress. Checklists are not a replacement for procedures. They are not even intended to be a replacement for judgement or memory recall from an Operator. So what are they then? Checklists are there to provide a ‘cognitive safety net’, catching the slip ups that we human beings - even the best of us - tend to make from time to time. Checklists have been proven to dramatically raise effectiveness and reduce errors in aviation, and there is no reason why they cannot work equally well in the process, power and heavy industries also. It's not uncommon to come across people who dismiss the idea of checklists. They think these documents are trying to reduce their complex jobs to overly simple tasks, or are insulting to their hard-earned knowledge and expertise. But a good checklist is simply there to help you check that you haven’t forgotten something as a result of workload or outside distractions. That's all. And if it's good enough for the two highly-trained pilots up front in the plane that's taking you on holiday, then it's good enough for you. Fíréanta #checklists #procedures #safety
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Do your Operators use checklists? More importantly, do they understand WHY they are using those checklists? If not, its time for a refresh...
I recently wrote about the importance of good procedures; now its time to talk about their often misunderstood and mistreated cousin, the ‘Checklist’. On the 30th October 1935, at Wright Airfield in Ohio, USA, Boeing was testing a new plane, referred to as the Model 299. The aircraft lifted off, climbed to 300 feet, then stalled and crashed, killing two of the five crew members onboard. An investigation determined that, while tending to the airplane’s multitude of switches and controls, the pilot forgot to release a new locking mechanism on the airplane’s elevator controls. Some critics were quick to declare that the Model 299 was “too complex to fly.” A group of Boeing engineers and test pilots developed a simple approach to the situation; they created the first pilot’s checklist, listing the critical action needed for taxi, takeoff and landing. They believed that this plane was not too complex to fly, but was too complicated to be left to a pilot’s memory alone. Another 12 prototypes of the Model 229 were manufactured, flying 1.8 million miles without an accident, which persuaded the US Army to put the aircraft in service, ultimately ordering almost 13,000 of them. The Model 229 was, of course, the famous B-17 Flying Fortress. Checklists are not a replacement for procedures. They are not even intended to be a replacement for judgement or memory recall from an Operator. So what are they then? Checklists are there to provide a ‘cognitive safety net’, catching the slip ups that we human beings - even the best of us - tend to make from time to time. Checklists have been proven to dramatically raise effectiveness and reduce errors in aviation, and there is no reason why they cannot work equally well in the process, power and heavy industries also. It's not uncommon to come across people who dismiss the idea of checklists. They think these documents are trying to reduce their complex jobs to overly simple tasks, or are insulting to their hard-earned knowledge and expertise. But a good checklist is simply there to help you check that you haven’t forgotten something as a result of workload or outside distractions. That's all. And if it's good enough for the two highly-trained pilots up front in the plane that's taking you on holiday, then it's good enough for you. Fíréanta #checklists #procedures #safety
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